2 English reference lotus lotus lotus root [Landau Chinese-English dictionary]
3. The whole grass and root of Leguminosae lotus root, cornucopia cornucopia, is the name of traditional Chinese medicine, which comes from the textual research of plant names and facts, and is the alias of local sheep magpie recorded in Sichuan Common Chinese Herbal Medicine [1].
3. 1 Other names of hornflower: hornflower, clover, March yellow flower and turtledove nest [2]
3.2 Source and place of origin The whole grass and roots of the leguminous plant lotus root [2]. Distributed in Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Gansu, Shaanxi and Guangxi [2].
3.3 Whole grass taste: pungent and flat [2].
3.4 Indications: clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving cough and reducing swelling [2].
1. Treat wind-heat cough without phlegm, pharyngitis, tonsillitis and epigastric fullness and pain. Roots: reducing qi, quenching thirst, clearing heat, removing fatigue and tonifying deficiency [2]. Decocting: 9 ~ 18g [2].
2. Treat boils, eczema and hemorrhoids, and mash the whole grass [2].
3.5 Chemical components The whole plant contains flavonoid glycosides such as 5,7,3', 4' tetrahydroxy 8 methoxyflavonol 3β galactoside, and other components such as concanavalic acid, oleanolic acid and saponin [2].
4. The whole herb of Epimedium sagittatum or Epimedium berberidaceae is the name of traditional Chinese medicine, which comes from Guizhou Folk Prescriptions Collection and is the alias of Epimedium recorded in Shennong Herbal Classic [1].
4. 1 morning glory is also known as epimedium, cauliflower, clover and morning glory [3]
4.2 Source and origin of Epimedium sagittatum (Sieb. Etzucc。 ) motto. Or epimedium. Berberidaceae [3]. Location: Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hubei, Sichuan and Guangxi.
4.3 Sexual taste is pungent, sweet and warm [3]. Into the liver and kidney meridian [3].
4.4 Function: Warming the kidney to help yang, expelling wind and removing dampness [3]. Treat impotence, premature ejaculation, soreness of waist and knees, cold limbs, fatigue, amnesia, chronic bronchitis, arthralgia due to wind-cold and dampness, and numbness of limbs [3]. It also treats climacteric hypertension, coronary heart disease, viral myocarditis, neurasthenia and polio [3].
4.5 Usage and dosage of cornflower: 3 ~ 9g [3].
4.6 Chemical Composition This product contains icariin flavone and icariin [3].
4.7 pharmacological action